Comments on How high is the Trump Wall? A guide for New YorkersTypePad2017-02-28T16:21:36ZNoel Maurerhttp://noelmaurer.typepad.com/aab/tag:typepad.com,2003:http://noelmaurer.typepad.com/aab/2017/02/how-high-is-the-trump-wall-a-guide-for-new-yorkers/comments/atom.xml/Matt McIrvin commented on 'How high is the Trump Wall? A guide for New Yorkers'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00e3933590d5883401bb0983c7ad970d2017-03-15T11:55:42Z2017-03-18T16:23:50ZMatt McIrvinIn practical terms, it's nothing but a pure waste of money--I suppose it might function as a mild Keynesian stimulus...<p>In practical terms, it&#39;s nothing but a pure waste of money--I suppose it might function as a mild Keynesian stimulus if the construction happens through the next recession. In symbolic terms, it&#39;s everything wrong and un-American (in a normative sense).<br />
</p>Bruce A Munro commented on 'How high is the Trump Wall? A guide for New Yorkers'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00e3933590d5883401bb098130a1970d2017-03-08T01:04:13Z2017-03-10T20:53:54ZBruce A MunroStill might do it. $45 billion, that's a lot of pork to spread around. Worrying about costs is for losers...<p>Still might do it. $45 billion, that&#39;s a lot of pork to spread around. Worrying about costs is for losers and Democrats. </p>Matt McIrvin commented on 'How high is the Trump Wall? A guide for New Yorkers'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00e3933590d5883401b7c8dbea6e970b2017-03-02T20:07:42Z2017-03-06T00:31:36ZMatt McIrvin60 feet is the approximate height of the Yankee Cannonball, the 1930s wooden roller coaster at Canobie Lake Park. That's...<p>60 feet is the approximate height of the Yankee Cannonball, the 1930s wooden roller coaster at Canobie Lake Park. That&#39;s what I&#39;d probably use as a mental point of comparison. </p>
<p>There are two steel coasters there that go up about 72-73 feet; that&#39;s as tall as they can go because of fairly strict zoning regulations.</p>
<p>Things that are hundreds of feet tall, I reflexively compare with the Washington Monument.<br />
</p>Peter Rosa commented on 'How high is the Trump Wall? A guide for New Yorkers'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00e3933590d5883401b7c8db3eee970b2017-03-01T00:25:09Z2017-03-01T00:25:11ZPeter Rosahttp://profile.typepad.com/peterrosaMy reasoned judgment is that the chances that the wall will be built are somewhat lower than nonexistent.<p>My reasoned judgment is that the chances that the wall will be built are somewhat lower than nonexistent.</p>